Democracy Disappoints in Nigeria

Newsday - LAGOS, Nigeria -- When Nigeria's electoral commissioner took to airwaves last weekend, he told voters there would be rare sunny skies for their balloting. Hours later, the rain began to fall. Nigeria, it seems, never fails to disappoint when it comes More here .

CNN - Final farewell for Russia's Yeltsin Russia's first democratic president, Boris Yeltsin, was buried Wednesday following a Final respects for Yeltsin (2:31) Democracy in Nigeria (6:41) Military parade in North Korea (2:07) UK's handgun ban (2:21) Anti More here .

Bloomberg - Sarkozy, who has campaigned on law and order and loser firing rules, ``will aggravate the problems of democracy and the fraying of the social fabric,'' Bayrou said at a press conference on April 25. Royal ``will durably aggravate French economic More here .

MSN MoneyCentral - Vidal has demonstrated boldness in speaking out on democracy, justice and reason throughout his career. His progressive themes are evident in his writings from his earlier work "The City and the Pillar" to his memoir "Palimpsest" to his most More here .

Interfax Information Agency - MOSCOW. April 26 (Interfax) - Over 25 million people regularly use the Internet in Russia, President Vladimir Putin said in his state-of- the-nation address on Thursday. The swift broadening of the Russian information space is good for democracy, he More here .

Information Week - Cory Doctorow wonders if it's possible to create a game that's a democracy, where your in-world property is really yours. From Our Blog Readers comment on blog posts about finding IT jobs in small-town America, exposing security flaws, and measuring More here .

Tehran Times - Some Arab leaders believe they can counter U.S. pressure for democracy by holding conferences on democracy. The seventh Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade kicked off on Monday with an opening speech by the emir of Qatar. The Qatari More here .

Pakistan News Service - While, treasury Parliamentary Secretary claimed that PPP has struck deal with the President, which is a positive sign. Rajab Baloch on a point of order in the National Assembly termed the deal between PPP and the President is a positive sign and will More here .